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Oklahoma Gets Official State Gospel Song

On Tuesday, Oklahoma's House voted unanimously to make Swing Low, Sweet Chariot the official state gospel song. No other state has an official religious song. When state Representative Jabar Shumate of Tulsa (left), the Oklahoma bill's House sponsor, was asked by a colleague to give a rendering of the...
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Quote Of The Day - Peter Sprigg

"In any discussion of 'sexual orientation,' it is important to remember that this is only an umbrella term for three quite different things—a person’s sexual attractions, the sexual behavior, and their self-identification. In the survey upon which this study was based, there was only a single question...
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NOM Signs Up For Diaz Rally

NOM has officially aligned themselves with NY Sen. Ruben Diaz' massive anti-gay hate rally, which takes place in the Bronx on Sunday, May 15th, the day of the AIDS Walk in Central Park. On May 15, Rev Díaz called for a rally in the Bronx and I will be there! Talk about fighting for marriage in the...
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Tony Perkins: Gay Activists Are Terrorists

"This has moved from cultural terrorism to corporate terrorism. That's what this is. Now, back in the 80's and early 90's I worked with the state department in anti-terrorism and we trained about fifty different countries in defending against terrorism, and it's, at it's base, what terrorism is, it's...
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HomoQuotable -Jimmy LaSalvia

"Our organization’s number one goal between now and November 2012 is defeating Barack Obama. We look forward to the Iowa Straw Poll as the kickoff to this effort. Barack Obama’s tenure in the White House has been an unmitigated disaster for all Americans, including gay and lesbian Americans. Defeating...
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Spike in searches causes Google to suggest “James Middleton Gay”

The search engine Google has begun to auto-suggest “James Middleton gay” following a surge in searches on the younger brother of Catherine ‘Kate’, Duchess of Cambridge.Mr Middleton, who is a cake designer, gave a reading earlier today at the marriage of his sister to Prince William. As soon as he began to speak, hundreds...
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Remembering the Admiral Duncan bombing 12 years on

Tomorrow marks the twelfth anniversary of the Admiral Duncan nail bomb attack on April 30th 1999 in Soho.It was one of three nail bomb attacks and killed three people, while 80 were injured.While the incidents in Brixton and Brick Lane were targeted directly towards ethnic minorities, the Admiral Duncan bombing was a vicious...
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Interview: Richard ‘Biff’ Stannard, the man with the X Factor

You might not know his name, but you can’t fail to know Richard ‘Biff’ Stannard’s music. Working with The Spice Girls, Kylie, U2 and countless other bands and artists he’s arguably written and produced some of the best songs in the history of pop music.Born in London’s east end in 1966, Stannard says he stood out from...
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Atlanta Braves coach accused of anti-gay slurs

The coach of the Atlanta Braves, Roger McDowell, has been accused of shouting homophobic slurs at fans during a match last Saturday.During the game at the AT&T Park in San Francisco, he allegedly asked three Giants fans: “Are you a homo couple or a threesome?”He reportedly made lewd gestures at them and threatened...
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New Mexico school bans all clubs after gay-straight alliance forms

A school board in New Mexico has voted to ban all school clubs after a gay-straight alliance applied for recognition.Officials on the Clovis school board said the ban was a coincidence but the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) questioned the timing.The alliance was approved by the principal last month who apparently...
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Gay US politician abandons plan for gay marriage this year

The House Speaker for Rhode Island has abandoned efforts to bring marriage equality to the state this year.Gordon Fox, who is gay, says he will instead push for civil unions because a gay marriage bill does not have enough support to pass.He said he still personally supports marriage equality but civil unions are “the...
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US Marines begin training to accept gay soldiers

US Marines have begun training in preparation to accept openly gay troops.Before President Obama signed an order to repeal the 17-year-old ban, there was concern that the Marines in particular would react badly to serving alongside out gay colleagues.A Pentagon survey carried out last year showed that nearly 60 per cent...
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Anger over Tennessee’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill

The US Senator who introduced a bill to ban discussion of homosexuality in schools says he has received hundreds of angry letters from parents around the world.Republican Stacey Campfield’s bill, if approved, will ban all teachers in public elementary and middle schools from talking about the subject.The legislation, known...
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Elton John’s mother speaks about rift

Elton John’s mother has spoken out about the rift between her and her son.Sheila Farebrother, 86, said the pair had not spoken for three years and she had not met the star’s baby son Zachary.She told the Sun: “He has cut me off completely.“It happened three years ago this June, he has had nothing to do with me since then.”Mrs...
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Gay man beaten in homophobic south London attack

A gay man has received hospital treatment after being beaten up in a homophobic attack at the weekend.Chas Andersen, 20, from Bethnal Green, was knocked to the ground and punched twice in the head while trying to use a cash machine on Clapham High street in south-west London, opposite the gay KAZ Bar.Mr Andersen’s partner,...
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San Francisco’s legendary gay bookshop to close

The last of the four shops owned by A Different Light Bookstores – and the last exclusively LGBT bookstore in San Francisco – is set to close by the end of this month.The chain, which opened its first shop in Los Angeles in 1979, established the San Francisco branch on Castro Street in the heart of the city’s gay district...
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Moscow gay pride parade now uncertain

Moscow have said they are ‘studying’ the proposal for the city’s first gay pride parade, after it was previously thought to be going ahead.Nikolai Alexeyev, Russia’s top gay rights activist, said yesterday that the city council had given the go-ahead to the proposed march on 28 May, a claim dismissed by Moscow’s central...
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Last known gay holocaust survivor to receive France’s top honour

The last known gay survivor of the Nazi holocaust is to receive the Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.Rudolf Brazda, 97, who spent three years in Buchenwald concentration camp, was recommended for the honour by President Sarkozy.News of his award came 66 years to the day he left the camp, in 1945.Philippe Couillet,...
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Pakistan allows trans men and women their own gender category

A landmark decision has been taken in Pakistan to allow trans people their own gender category on selected official documents.The country’s Supreme Court has ruled that Pakistanis who do not consider themselves to be either male or female should be allowed to choose an alternative sex when they apply for their national...
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Horses killed in Midwestern barn fire in apparent gay-hate arson attack

Eight horses owned by a gay man were killed in a barn fire in Ohio on Monday in what police believe was a homophobic hate crime.Brent Whitehouse was at home in the town of McConnelsville when he saw an orange glow in his garden. Rushing outside, he witnessed flames shooting up through the roof of the barn where he kept...
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Cary Grant’s daughter claims her father ‘enjoyed being called gay’

The daughter of legendary Hollywood star Cary Grant has stated in a new book about her father that he “enjoyed being called gay”.In her new book, Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of my Father, Cary Grant, Jennifer Grant – whose mother is actress Dyan Cannon – claims her father was always intrigued by the rumours surrounding...
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Maddow: Gay Anchors Should Come Out

"I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they're doing, but I do think that if you're gay you have a responsibility to come out." - Rachel Maddow, in a profile by the UK's Guardian.Whoever could she be talking abo...
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GOP Praises Paul Clement, Disses King & Spalding Over DOMA Withdrawal

"I want to express my gratitude to former Solicitor General Clement. I admire his unwavering commitment to his clients and his dedication to uphold the law – qualities that appear to be inconsequential at King and Spalding where politics and profit now appear to come first. King and...
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Prop 8 Proponents Move To Vacate Judge Vaughn Walker's Ruling Because He's Gay

They've been talking about it for weeks and today Prop 8's backers officially filed to vacate Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling overturning the ban of same-sex marriage in California. Because a gay judge cannot possibly be impartial about gay issues. The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban said...
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Tony Perkins On King & Spalding

"Looking for attorneys that won't buckle under pressure? Don't bother contacting King & Spalding. In a stunning announcement, the Atlanta-based firm just dropped the most high-profile client on its books: the U.S. House of Representatives. Barely a week ago, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) hired...
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Levi Johnston Readies Palin Tell-All

This fall Levi Johnston will release Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's Crosshairs, a tell-all book of his time with Mama Grizzly."I want to tell the truth about my close relationship with the Palins," Johnston, 20, says in a statement released by his publisher. "My sense of Sarah and...
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Marriage Protest At Buckingham Palace

Yesterday noted British activist Peter Tatchell led a marriage equality protest in the middle of the royal wedding media storm outside of Buckingham Palace. Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell delivered a gigantic wedding card to Buckingham Palace which, according to the website of Chicago Gay Pride,...
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MARYLAND: Hundreds Attend Rally Against Anti-Transgender Violence

Last night hundreds of protesters crowded the street outside a Baltimore McDonald's in a rally against anti-transgender violence. The event was spawned by last week's brutal attack against Chrissy Lee Polis, a local transwoman who was beaten by two female McDonald's patrons for daring to use the ladies room. Kevin...
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PhoboQuotable - William Gheen

"Targeting anybody for importation into the country based on their sexuality doesn't sound like something that Congress should be messing with at all. They're looking to bring in anybody challenging the established culture inside the United States that they want to bring down. And though the majority...
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Andrew Sullivan On King & Spaulding

"To put pressure on lawyers defending clients or laws because lobby groups don't like them is deeply illiberal. It remains disgusting, for example, that rightwing groups targeted lawyers defending terror suspects and Gitmo prisoners. When the far right did this, it was despicable. Now that the left...
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Moscow set to allow first ever gay pride parade in the city

Moscow city authorities gave permission today for the first ever gay pride parade to be held in the Russian capital.This significant decision was greeted with delight by Nikolai Alexeyeve, Russia’s most respected gay rights activist. The city’s government will allow the march to go ahead on 28 May, although the head...
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Gay former governor of New Jersey has bid for ordination ‘deferred’

A gay former governor of New Jersey has had his bid to join the Episcopal priesthood deferred.Jim McGreevey, who resigned from his post as Governor of New Jersey in 2004 shortly after coming out and admitting to an affair with a male member of his staff, has been told that his path to priesthood is now on indefinite...
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Rapper receives death threats over ‘I’m Gay’ album title

An American rap artist has told MTV that he has received death threats following the announcement that he intends to call his new album I’m Gay.Lil B made the announcement at the Coachella festival in California last week, and his since claimed to have been sent death threats on Twitter.He said: ”I’m not gonna stop...
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Lesbian newsreader says gay men and women have a ‘responsibility to come out’

An openly gay American newsreader has said she believes men and women in her industry have a “responsibility” to come out.Rachel Maddow, a 38-year-old Stanford graduate who hosts her own show nightly on MSMBC, is one of the few openly gay news anchors in America. In an interview with the Guardian today, Hadley Freeman...
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Caroline Winberg is A Fashion Model

The day when a modeling scout found Caroline Winberg must be the worst day for Swedish football fans. This happened when she was 15, when scout Cesar Wintland suggested her to try modeling career. The event took place on a subway station, when she was en route to her football training! Caroline Winberg loves football,...
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HomoQuotable - Greg Quinlan

"When two plus two doesn't equal four anymore, you can do anything you want because logic and truth [don't] matter. We are no longer a nation of laws; we are a nation of lawmakers. And those lawmakers happen to wear black robes and sit in courtrooms. I have to speak to this as a former homosexual....
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FLORIDA: Anti-Gay Group Launches MTV Boycott Over Transgender Character

The Florida Family Association has launched an advertiser boycott against MTV because the network's Degrassi series positively portrays a young transgender man. Degrassi airs on MTV's Teen Nick channel. FFA chairman David Caton (left) writes in a letter to the show's advertisers: It is very concerning...
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GOP Sen. John Ensign To Resign

Last month beleaguered GOP Sen. John Ensign announced that he wouldn't seek reelection in 2012. But today his aides revealed that Ensign will resign tomorrow. Ensign has fallen under investigation by the ethics committee in the wake of an alleged sexual relationship with an aide and accusations that he steered business...
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NEW YORK: Sen. Ruben Diaz To Stage Massive Anti-Gay Marriage Rally

Arch homophobe Sen. Ruben Diaz will once again work with anti-gay Hispanic evangelicals to stage a massive anti-marriage rally in New York City on May 15th. JMG reader Sabirjan provides us with a translation of this news story. Radio Vision Cristiana, a New Jersey-based Spanish-language AM radio station...
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Updated: Lesbian couple sue Brighton hotel

A lesbian couple claim that a hotel manager in Brighton barred them from staying in a room together because they are lesbians.Rebecca Nash, 22, and Hope Stubbings, 19, from Andover, claim that the manager of the Brunswick Square Hotel called them “rejects” when they complained.In response, the hotel claimed the pair...
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Man, 18, arrested over east London anti-gay stickers

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with homophobic stickers plastered around London’s east end.The teenager, from Leamouth, was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence yesterday, police said.He has been bailed to return to police on Sunday May 8th pending further enquiries.The stickers, which have...
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Mallika Sherawat Desperate Move

Did you notice that Mallika Sherawat released a lot of hot pics recently? She just appeared almost topless for April 2011 edition of FHM India magazine. On August 2010, Mallika Sherawat posed with lingerie for Bunker Hill magazine. This ignited a little bit of controversy in India, which always considered as a pretty conservative...
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